[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 602 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 602

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney 
  General to provide for special consideration concerning the English 
language requirement with respect to the naturalization of individuals 
                         over 65 years of age.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 1997

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney 
  General to provide for special consideration concerning the English 
language requirement with respect to the naturalization of individuals 
                         over 65 years of age.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION CONCERNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE 
              REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN OLDER INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 312(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1423(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) The Attorney General, pursuant to regulations, shall provide 
for special consideration, as determined by the Attorney General, 
concerning the requirement of subsection (a)(1) with respect to any 
person who, on the date of the filing of the person's application for 
naturalization as provided in section 334, is over sixty-five years of 
age and has been living in the United States for periods totaling at 
least 5 years subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent 
residence.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
applications for naturalization filed on or after such date and to such 
applications pending on such date.
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